THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURO, PA.
THE COLUMBIAN.
ESTABLISHKP 1866.
THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT,
Established 1837. Consolidated 1869.
Published Evekv Thursday Morninci,
At Hloomsburg. the County Scat of
Columbia Countv, Pennsylvania.
GEO. E. EI.WELL, Editor.
1). J. TASKER, Local Editor.
GEO. C. ROAN, Foreman.
Terms t Inside the county $ 1.00 a year
in advance; $1.50 if not paid in advance.
Outside the county, $ 1.2$ a year, strictly in
tdrance.
All communications should he addressed
THE COLUMBIAN,
Hloomsburg, l'a.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1901.
The annual report of the Con
troller of Luzerne County again
brings public attention to the enor
mous amounts paid justices and
constables in the way of fees
There has leen an energetic effort
in the county to reduce these ex
penses, but in spite of that the Con
troller's figures show that justices
and constables have received during
the year for discharged cases the
sum of Sst.Sqfj. and in addition
over $10,000 have been paid as wit
ness fees. It does not appear to
make much difference to some of
these petty officials whether a case
reaches court or not, they have
way of getting out of it.
A bill to do away with the office
of tax collector in Pennsylvania will
soon be introduced in the Legisla
ttire by Hon. A. J. Palm, of Craw
ford county. In an interview he
sets forth these reasons for the meas
ure : "I can see no reason why the
taxes of all kinds should not be
paid direct to the treasurer of each
county, thereby avoiding the hand
ling of the funds by a middleman,
who must be paid a salary for his
work. So much money is lost by
the shortages as in the recent case
of Collector Hughes, of Titusville.
and such amount is paid out use
lessly in commissions, that I be
lieve the bill abolishing the oDice
of tax collector will become a law."
Many papers through the state
are commenting unfavorably on the
authorities of this county because
no one has been arrested for the
murder of Thomas McHenry. If
we remember rightly, all the mill
ions of A. T. Stewart, and the ef
forts of the best detectives in the
land, failed to discover who stole
the body of that multi-millionaire.
The Nathan murder, committed in
the heart of New York City some
years ago, still remains a mystery.
The abductors of Charley Ross
were never discovered, 'though the
Boy's father spent a large fortune
in the search. Many other mur
ders have occurred in cities where
the detective bureaus were at work
'within an hour after the commis
sion of the crime, and yet it took
months and years to run down the
offenders. Columbia county is not
the slowest place on earth, alter all.
RADICAL CHANGES.
Senator Grady' Bill Affects Many Con
g tutorial Districts.-This District
will be Changed.
There are some radical changes
made by the Congressional appor
tionment bill, introduced last week.
Certain well known districts in the
Central and Western parts of the
State have been knocked out of all
semblance to their former selves.
The bill was read in place Tues
day by Senator Grady, referred to
committee and reported back affirm
atively within fifteen minutes.
The bill arranges for twenty-nine
sure Republican districts in Presi
dential years and three sure Demo
cratic districts. In oft years there
are twenty-eight sure Republican
districts, one doubtful and three
Democratic.
In the Deemet-Packer district,
Clinton County is dropped and
Columbia County is substituted for
it. The district will be known as
the Sixteenth.
Congressman Wright's district
has Sullivan County taken from the
Polk district, and added to Wayne,
Susquehanna, Wyoming, Sullivan
and Bradford, thus continuing the
Seventeenth district.
To Congressman Polk's district
are added the Counties of Cameron
from the Sibley district; Clinton,
from the Packer-Deemer district
and Union and Snyder from Con
gressman Mahon's district. North
umberland and Montour alone are
retained. This makes a Republican
district which stretches a third of
the way across the State, retaining
its old number of the Seventeenth.
The districts of Congressmen
Polk and Hall, Democrats, are
woefully partitioned. Polk is left
living in a district putting his
county, Montour, with parts of the
district of Congressmen Mahon,
Packer and Sibley. Hall's county,
Elk. and another countv, Forest
from his district, are put into a dis
trict for Sibley.
This makes the Seventeenth dis
trict consist of Columbia, Cameron,
Clinton, Union and Snyder.
The bid appropriating $5,000,
000 for the St. Louis Exposition
has been favorably reported to the
House, and Speaker Henderson has
promised that it shall be voted
upon, which is equivalent to a
promise of its passage.
Representative Griggs, of Georg
ia, made the postoffice appropria
tion bill the text for a speech full
of common sense against the ten
dency on the part of Congress to
increase the salaries of federal em
ployes. For instance, the follow
ing, the truth of which every one
must Acknowledge : "I undertake
to say that there is not an employe
of the government, who devotes his
whole time to its service, who does
not receive greater pay than he
would for like service in private
life. There is not an employe in
the government service to day who
did not better his or her condition
financially when he entered it.
There is not one who, if he could
better his condition in other service,
would not resign to-morrow. Then,
why this paternal interest in gov
ernment employes ? All of them
are free men and women, and of
full age. Why should we make
them wards of the nation ? How is
this fatherly interest of legislators,
so lately aroused, in what seems to
me a cancerous growth eating its
way to the very vital of the Amer
ican body politic, to be accounted
for?" Mr. Griggs answered the
last question by citing the growth
of associations of various classes of
government employes, organized
ostensibly for other purposes, bu.
actually used to lobby for a Con
gressional increase of the salaries
of their members.
Among those nominated to be
brigadier generals in the regular
army were two captains J. Frank
lin Bell, now serving in the Philip
pines as a brigadier general of vol
unteers, whose promotion jumped
him over i.o.t.2 officers, and Leon
ard woou, now serving as a major
general of volunteers and military
governor of Cuba, whose promotion
jumped him over 507 officers. Fred
Graut, another one of them, who
is serving in the Philippines as a
brigadier general of volunteers,
owes his appointmeut to his name
rather than to any distinguished
un-
teer officer. He had been a failure
in every civil occupat on he had
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STAR CLOTHING HOUSE !
A
SALE
WE NOW HAVE
Clearing Out Sale of
WINTER CLOTHING!
To Make Room for Spring Goods. Big Reduc
tions in OVERCOATS, at
Townsend's Star Clothing House,
HI BLOOMSBURu, PcININ A.
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The most important state bill
presented in the Legislature last
Thursday was that introduced by
Representative McLarn, of Wash
ington county, which provides that
every social, athletic, musicil, po
litical or other society, association,
club or body of persons, shall not
furnish their own members, friends
or others, vinous, spiritous, malt
or brewed liquors, without having
first obtained a license m accord
ance with the laws regulating the
licensing of hotels. It is under
stood that the real purpose of the
bill is to increase the revenue of
the Commonwealth. There are
thousands of clubs located within
the precincts of the Commonwealth,
and immense sums of money are
spent by them yearly by the pur
chasing of liquors, etc., for the use
of members and visiting friends.
WASHINGTON.
From our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, Feb. 11, iqoi.
The latest scheme of the Repub- service he has rendered as a vol
ncan leaaers is 10 taite advantage
ol the popularity of the Nicaragua
Canal project to push the Ship
Subsidy bill through the Senate
they have only to issue orders to
have anything put through the
House at short notice. The scheme
provides for combining the two by
accepting the amendment to the
Subsidy bill, offered by Senator
Clay, of Georgia, providing for the
construction by this government of
the Nicaragua Canal, and then to
inform the Democratic Senators
that unless they vote for the two
in one the Nicaragua Canal project
will not be legislated upon at all.
Senator Hanna is credited with be
ing the father of this scheme, and
it is further said that he claims to
have promises from a number of
Southern Senators that they will
vote for the bill so amended. Mean
while the night sessions are on in
the Senate and the Democrats and
Populists, aided by the advice of
Hon. Arthur P. Gorman, whose
success in heading on the rorce
bill some years ago has not been
forgotten, are giving the Republi
cans about all the hgLt they can
handle. A few days will show
whether this scheme is really to be
carried out, or is only put out to
make talk. The Senate passed the
bill reducing war taxes last week.
tried and it was felt by somi of his
father's old friends that he ought
to be provided with a life-time job
where the salary was certain.
Gen. E. S. Otis, who is in Wash
ington, is said to be much dis
gruntled because he had been led
to believe that he, and not Gen.
Nelson A. Miles, would be nomi
nated for lieutenant general of the
army. It is said that one of the
reasons why President McKinley
took the unusual course of asking
the Cabinet to decide by ballot
which of the major generals should
be nominated for lieutenant general
was his desire to allow Otis to
think that his nomination had been
prevented by a majority of the Cab
inet. It is said that Otis has been
promised that Miles will be com
pulsorily retired by President Mc
Kinley when he reaches the age of
62, which will be next August, and
that the place will then be given to
him.
the canals, but its finances were in
such a low slate last year that only
a portion of the canals were cleaned,
and to enable the boats to pass
through them without grounding, the
draughts were reduced and the boats
were not loaded to their full capacity.
All these canals are now in need of a
good cleaning, but so far no orders
have been given for the work. It is
said the company has no funds on
hand and has no securities which it
can use as collateral on which to bor
row money.
These canals were formerly owned
by th; state and became the property
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany when it bought the state works.
At that time this was the only means
of transportation to many points in
Pennsylvania and not only freight
boats, but passenger boats as well,
made daily trips between many im
portant interior cities. The business
was very heavy and large returns were
securcl trom lreight anil passengers
carried. In 1866 the canals were
taken out of the direct management
of the Pennsylvania Company and the
Pennsylvania Canal Company was
formed. These canals have ever
since been operated by that company.
When the Philadelphia and Reaa-
ng Kailway company auandonea tne
Tidewater Canal, it hurt the business
of all the other canals in this state.
This canal ran from Wrightsvihe to
Havre de Grace and when in opera-
ion a large volume of business was
shipped through it for points along
the Delaware River and to New York.
Owing to the heavy expense incurred
yearly the cana' was abandoned."
It is announced that prominent
educators in the state are at work
on a new compulsory educational
bill which will be presented at the
present session of the State Legis
lature. The compulsory education
al act of 1895 and the amendments
of 1897 have, it is claimed, proved
to be defective and in many places
so obscure that even lawyers are
puzzled to know what was origin
ally intended. The preparation of
a new bill has been entrusted to a
committee named at a meeting of
the county school directors, with
instructions to take all the good
features of the existing acts and
the ideas suggested at the direct
ors' meeting and the committee
conterence ana embody tnem in a
new bill which would carry with
it the repeal of the present laws.
The committee's chief aim has been
to prepare a law that could be eas
ily understood. Under the exist
ing law there is a number of loop
holes which persons so disposed
can easily take advantage of and
keep their children out of school
while seemingly complying with
all the requirements of the law, as
the directors understand it. As a
result superintendents, directors
and truant officers, have met with
considerable difficuly in enforcing
the law.
Senator Teller made a short but
vigorous speech just before the Sen
ate adopted a resolution calling on
the Secretary of War for a state
ment of the facts in the case of G.
T. Rice, the American editor who
was banished from the Philippines
for commenting upon the rules and
regulations concerning pilots and
pilotage, as enforced at Manila.
Mr. lellerread the editorial and
then said : "The deportation of an
editor is not a simple matter, to be
whistled down the wind. I regard
it as a grievous offense against the
liberty of an American citizen that
he can be taken, thrown into jail,
and then deported under the pre
tense of the charce that he is 'a
dangerous incendiary and a menace
to the military situation.' There
is no such offense known to the
laws of our country, or in the crim
inal statutes of any state. It is not
known in any republic, in any free
country in the woild. He is but
one man, to be sure, but he is a cit
izen of the United States. .The of
fense against him is an offense
against every citizen of the United
States. I do not make any apolo
gies for pleading his cause here. I
would feel justified if this was the
last hour of the session and an
extra session should ensue through
failure of an appropriation bill, in
standing here and calling the atten
tion of the country to this outrage
upon a citizen of the United Stat&. ' '
PENNSYLVANIA CANAL.
More Talk of Closing the Water-Way.
The Philadelphia Press of last Sat
urday published the following article:
"In all probability the canals of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company in
this state will not be in operation
after this year, and it is probable that
atter tne annual meeting ot the com
pany next Tuesday, action will be
taken which will discontinue the busi
ness on these canals.
Ever since the Johnstown flood the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
which is the parent company of the
Pennsylvania Canal, has been aband
oning its canals, and that portion
which extended from the Susquehanna
River to Hollidaysburg, has ceased to
be in operation for some time. The
company now has a canal extending
from Columbia to Nanticoke and
from Northumberland to Muncy Dam
This system comprises a waterway of
about 179 miles, and at one time a
large amount of business was carried
through the canals.
The Pennsylvania Canal now con
sists 01 tour divisions. lhat portion
trom Northumberland to Nanticoke is
included in the Wyoming division!
from Northumberland to Muncy Dam
in the Upper West Branch Division
from Northumberland to Clark's Feiry
in the Lower West Branch Division
and from Clark's Ferry to Columbia,
in the Listern Division. The bus
ness over these canals has materially
iiccreaseu auring tne past lew years,
the falling off having been brought
about by the reduction in freight
rates ana the better tacilities offered
by the railroad companies for the
speedy handling of business.
The canal company spends consid
! erable money each year cleaning out
Consumption
as
is destruction of lung by
growing germ, precisely
mouldy cheese is destruction
of cheese by a growing germ.
If you kill the germ, you
stop the consumption. You
can or can't, according to
when you begin.
Take Scott's Emulsion of
Cod Liver Oil : take a little
at first.
It acts as a
food; it is the
easiest food.
Seems not to be
food ; makes you
hungry ; eating
is comfortable.
You grow strong
er. Take more;
not too much ; enough is as
much as you like and agrees
with you. Satisfy hunger
with usual food ; whatever
you like and agrees with you.
When you are strong
again, have recovered your
strength the ' eerms are
dead ; you have killed them.
If vou have not tried It. send
for free sample, Its agreeable
taste will surprise you.
SCOTT St BOWNE,
Chemists.
409 Pearl St., New York.
50c. and $1.00; all druggists.
if 1(2
The leeiiiiuie has
this picture on it,
take no other.
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rums IB USING THE
The wearing and using time for winter goods is
now. Tt will continue for nearly three months to
come. We are celling winter merchandise now at
prices that would prove ruinous at the start of the sea
son. Much of this merchandise is not tusccptible to
ttvlo nlinntro- stnnte ns wheat, but the stock takes UD
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much less room in the till than it does in the fixtures
You'll find many an object lesson in practical economy W
in this store at this time.
Bought That Jackot, Yo: ?
If not, take a look at this
lot, compare - the qualities
with the prices and then
wonder.
All our jackets wt sold
at $io and $12 now go at
$5 oo less than half price.
Winter Underwear.
Broken lots with price
inducement hitched to
them that will tempt you,
if you are inclined toward
underwear.
Ladies' 50c underwear
g? reduced to 39c,
jg Ladies' 75c combination
j3 suits reduced to 62c.
jgs Men's 65c gray under-
jg wear reduced to 49c,
jg Wo:l Dress Goods.
j ' These are odd lots, but
good choosing at these
prices. Want to change
them into money at once.
This should do it.
We sold them from 75c
to $1 00, reduced to 49c.
Blankets.
You don't buy a pair of
blankets for one season's
wear. So if you can buy a
pair now at a saving of 25
per cent, less than actual
cost, you should at least
investigate.
65c cotton blankets.good
size, 49c.
$6 50 white wool blank
ets, 1 1-4, reduced to $5 25.
$4 50 colored blankets,
1 1-4, reduced to $3 85.
Our Linen Sale.
Our Linen Sale will close February 20th, 1901
If you will need Liuen3 of any kind in the next year
don't leave this chance go by. We are safe in saying
that we have never sold such a big quantity of Lin-
k ens in one week as we did last week. We never Ot
is fered so good a value for your money as we do now at
this sale. We never worked so hard to get good lin
en as we have the last six months. We did not only
work ourselves, but had our friends watching to get
linen below the market for uo. But they must not
only be a low piice, but the beat made we could find.
jg We invite you to come to our store and leave us show
you thepe linens.
F. P. PURSEL.
1 QQiXJOOCXJOUCXJUa
FIRE! FIRE!
Big Fire Sale of
GRQCBR1E
Commencing; Saturday
February 9th,
and continuing until entire
stock is disposed of.
Tooley & Co. 43 E. flain St.
The officers of the Bradford
bounty Agricultural Society, who
were arrested on a charge of main
aining or allowing gambling de
vices at the fair at Towanda last
.'all have been exonerated. The
raud jury found "not a true bill"
and the prosecutor to pay costs.
Members of the Benevolent Order
of Iilks can obtain address cards
with handsome designs at this of
fice, tf
OABTOUXA.
Ban th Kind You Have Always mm
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